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the garage door opener motor...GRRR
Edit(ed again 7/11)...My rant follows this. If you DO NOT have a water softner( we have had for 2 years but it is too late).. You NEED to check & drain your water heaters. There is SO MUCH crap in our heater it isnt funny. I'm serious. You all need to do yourselves a favor & clean it out. Granted it only cost me $21 for the element & tool, but for the time it is taking to drain, clear the drain, drain more, ect..After having to clear the drain every 5 minutes, it gets old very quick. I know alot fo you are older than me & most have the same symptoms..bad back, knees, ect..
I knwo some of you are saying"I'll pay to haev th eplummer do it"..hahaha. SO far it has taken me more time to clear & empty the tank, then for a 120 mile round trip to go get the parts. I have been trying to get this thing drained dince 11:30 & it isnt even close. SO if a plummer does it you can look at about 2 hours labor time( here that is $240). Or you can do it for FREE, by draining EVEY YEAR!! I did it when we first moved in & it was horrible, then I added the softener. I guess I didnt do it as through as I thought.
ANyway..On to my rant last night.

Damn it, i'm pissed. Here it is A few days before the hurricane is in the area, we are packing to go on a trip overseas, i'm cleaning up the house, just went & bough t afew things, tuned up everyones generators & chain saws on the block...in other words. I'm hurting, VERY tired, dirty beyond belief & the MOTHER&&$%^**^ hotwater heater breaks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The lower element took a dump. I turned on the water & was like ..."ok, it's kinda cool whats up". The...BBBBIIIIZZZZRRRRTTT!!!!! The lights flicker I was like WHAT THE &^$# was that? It was loud enough for the dog to bark.
I go & look at the hot water heater & her it crackling & ****, so I unplug it, cut off the blanket( ofcourse I now have insulation all over me) & the #&()#$%( wires to the lower element are all burned & crpa.....damn it

So here I am dirty a pig in !@#$ & have NO HOT WATER!!!!!!!! I cant take a cold shower because it will make my back go into spasm. I took my meds right before I got in the shower also( alot of yo uknwo after 10PM i'm about done & cant type for crap). I'm missing the daily show t....damn it!!!!
Time for a good old fashioned heat the water on the stove & bathe like it's the 19th century.
ARRGGGHH!!!